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Texas Steel Mill Gets Boost from $500M Expansion, Including Heat Treat

/ ENERGY HEAT TREAT, FEATURED NEWS
Governor Greg Abbott meets with representatives of JSW Steel in Mumbai, India, at the headquarters of the company’s parent, JSW Group. Photo credit: Fox26Houston

 

Source: ThomasNet.com

 

An integrated steel manufacturer based in India will be investing $500 million to expand a steel mill, including a new furnace and additional plate milling equipment, in Baytown, Texas.

Officials with JSW Steel announced that the investment will allow the plant to begin sourcing raw steel from Texas and other states instead of Brazil, Mexico, and India, in order to grow the company’s oil and natural gas business. The facility, located about 30 miles east of Houston, has been in use since the 1970s when it was bought by JSW for just over $800 million in October 2007.

Read more: “Texas Steel Mill Adding 500 Jobs”

 

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Most Powerful U.S. Rocket Engine in 20 Years Fired by Amazon’s Bezos

/ AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS, FEATURED NEWS

 

Source: ThomasNet.com

 

The most powerful U.S. rocket engine fired in two decades is also reusable and could become a leading rocket engine for commercial and military launches. It was also launched by an unlikely source, the founder and CEO of a company which is more broadly known for its presence as a major online retailer.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos launched his space tourism and commercial rocket company Blue Origin in September 2000. Roughly 17 years later, the company fired the BE-4 engine. Fueled by a liquid oxygen and liquid methane mix that generates 550,000 pounds of thrust, the BE-4 could be used in multiple rockets, including Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket.

 

Read more: “Bezos’ Blue Origin Goes Hot with First Engine Test”

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